Tapanuli orangutan

Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) / Orang-outan de Tapanuli / Image by walmswild (Andrew Walmsley) from instagram

Sumatran Orangutan Society on Instagram: “Just a beautiful baby #orangutan to wish you a happy #Friday.⁠ ⁠ Photo credit @walmswild⁠ ⁠ Image description: a baby orangutan is hanging…”

Nature on Instagram: “It doesn't get more beautiful than this ❤️ Comment with an emoji what your expression would be if you find this orangutan in the middle of…”

This is a rare photo of a tapanuli orangutan, one of the most endangered primates on Earth. The population of these beautiful creatures is estimated to be less than 800, making them more critically endangered than Sumatran orangutans. With your help, we can protect their habitat and keep this amazing species from going extinct.

Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) / Orang-outan de Tapanuli / Image by walmswild (Andrew Walmsley) from instagram

Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) / Orang-outan de Tapanuli / Image by walmswild (Andrew Walmsley) from instagram

Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) / Orang-outan de Tapanuli / Image by walmswild (Andrew Walmsley) from instagram

Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) / Orang-outan de Tapanuli / Image by walmswild (Andrew Walmsley) from instagram

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The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. Found only in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it is rarer than the Bornean orangutan but more common than the recently identified Tapanuli orangutan, also of Sumatra. Its common name is based on two separate local words, "orang" ("people" or "person") and "hutan" ("forest"), and translates as 'person of the forest'.

Less than a year ago, scientists announced an exciting discovery—a new species of orangutan, called the Tapanuli orangutan, living in Batang Toru in Sumatra, Indonesia, The Conversation reported. But an article published in Current Biology Thursday has some sobering news for the newly discovered ape: the "critically-endangered species" is at...

20.7k Likes, 113 Comments - Tim Laman (@timlaman) on Instagram: “Photo by @TimLaman. A male Tapanuli Orangutan performing a long call, a vocalization adult male…”

The orangutan is one of our closest relatives, and yet we know comparatively little about them. They are an animal that we need to learn more about because perhaps knowing more about them will help us understand ourselves better. Hopefully, we can do this before it's too late.

A new study indicates that the Tapanuli orangutan, already the world’s most threatened great ape species, faces a much greater risk of extinction than previously thought.

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“Photo by @TimLaman. A young, unflanged Tapanuli Orangutan male threatens another orangutan in the…”